The Nations Pod
Rugby Union Weekly
BBC
4.6 • 5.3K Ratings
🗓️ 3 March 2026
⏱️ 54 minutes
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Summary
Will France already be treating their game with Scotland as a potential Grand Slam decider? Chris, Tom and GRO ask whether Gregor Townsend’s side has enough to blunt France’s attacking weapons and possibly derail their campaign. Can we expect significant changes from Steve Borthwick, as his England side travel to Rome. Chris makes the case that a win for Italy could mark the greatest moment in their rugby history. And what of Wales? Is there reason for hope? Plus, Tom wonders whether Ireland have turned a corner. And with no poetry this week, GRO sets a quiz from all the data he's gathered from his pre-pod research, and it leaves the other two struggling for answers.
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| 0:15.1 | FA Cup and Champions League. |
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| 0:24.2 | and twice weekly join the Wayne Rooney show breaking down the biggest stories from the Premier League and beyond |
| 0:29.9 | football from Five Live listen on BBC Sounds |
| 0:34.3 | Five Lives Rugby Union Weekly. |
| 0:40.3 | Right, Robb Union Weekly, Tuesday morning, I believe. |
| 0:45.3 | Weekend 4 of the Men's Six Nations. |
| 0:48.2 | Honing interview, it's Nations Pod time, one of two Nations pods, potentially this week. |
| 0:53.4 | We'll leave that one hanging. |
| 0:55.0 | Grow and Tom are here. Is that news to you? I'm aware there was talk of one, but... |
| 1:00.8 | It's news to me. Has that been green lit or whatever the expression is? Well, this episode |
| 1:05.9 | was news to you, given you've turned up 20 minutes late. |
| 1:09.4 | 19 minutes late. Actually, no, because I've been here about minutes late? 19 minutes late. |
| 1:14.6 | Actually, no, because I've been here about three minutes, 16 minutes late. |
| 1:15.5 | Okay, okay. Well, that makes it all better. |
| 1:18.3 | Yes, no, this extra part, if it's the one that I think you're talking about, it was muted. |
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